Why China's New Leaders May Be Silent on Bo Xilai

3/4/2013 3:47AM

China's National People's Congress begins this week and is expected to provide clues about the new administration's commitment to reforms and why they may deal with Bo Xilai after NPC. The WSJ's Brian Spegele has the details.

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... the ... UBS will officially step into their new roles this week at the National people caught People's Congress me I'm Deborah con ... joining me is Brian Spegele reporter from Beijing ... okay ... Brian and I took lot of people are looking towards China's new government and in anticipation of a lot of reforms ... um what do you think is the most crucial issue the government will have to address first off ... where it was you said the National People's Congress ... China's parliament meets for its annual session beginning Tuesday ... um that's happening alongside ... on the government the advisory body known as the CPP cc of these happened once in the year known as the two big meetings basically in China ... these are the first meetings of under the leadership of of of party general secretary Xi Jinping I think there are ... high expectations for reform ... with a record of that though I think in this year's meeting is really about ... is solidifying the personnel changes at half of them have been going on over the past few months ... since the eighteenth Party Congress which took place last November ... so that the November ten hours you can see ... a series of high-level personnel changes on knowing ... that they were already continue to see those throughout the week ... of for example of weekly chart is expected to ... be replaced with Premier Wen job fall ... on the job is to come in the rain then take the reins as China's economy that's where the formalities it's going to happen this week ... in addition this to be a number of lower level changes happening during around the NPC which will really give this a good idea that if the state ... getting gauge of whether senior leaders and the surrounding this was Parker's Standing Committee ... can the government certainly has been trying to make corruption on and stamping out corruption and ... at a key issue that needs to be addressed I'm ... it's it's already started but any IDF POW low on killing four and a new government will indeed deal with corruption ... yes well so she Jinping erm ... never covers party so the answer to his very first days ... of NATO launched this this this anti corruption campaign which was ... your one and as anti crafted campaign those also didn't extravagance and a fuel or anti waste campaign which is really that I think down you know the most visible are so far ... so we haven't necessarily seen or heard dozens or hundreds of ill common as party official being rounded up by ... she's the supporters ... we have seen lovers are very tangible efforts by the new leadership ... to to to cut back on ways to cut back on government spending things like this so you know one of the things that you know the taxi drivers and others in taking the puppy about these days in Beijing is that during the Liao player trade that the two meetings this year ... you not seen the levels of traffic control that you would've seen in a year ago or eighteen in previous years so just a really small example of of you know ... what she Jinping is a very murky mistaking his reputation on that as as as as it is the populist leader ... aam who wants to bring the party back closer to the people I think is very much tied into ... the business wire anticorruption goals ... at KNF chorus and the boss Xilai thought that a lot of people had been anticipating that ... the government would get publicly put an end to this case ... um before the new leadership stepped into place that has not happened ... any indication ... as to how the new government will deal with of the Bush Eli case at or whether or not I'll just let it kind of slip under the radar ... we are as as you say there hasn't been any word out about the of the Bush Hitler folks or on what your trial ... and you know in in in in a couple of months now ... aam I it's it's hard to believe it's been a year since you wish you I was ... based in making this last ditch effort to save himself during the National People's Congress last year ... aam you know with that said Neil Bush Eli is thought to be you know is said to be ... it has been detained at this point ... aam you know it it seemed possible even in the aquarium oh so we've been through the we speak with ... your the level of of you know how hard that the government when after having P telling ... you know what they were describing as you know I'm ... a Saiful misbehavior and then the level of corruption at a pace that he was taking part in ... the beat us to believe now according to analysts at the time he did he wouldn't face formal charges this point ... does a lot of rumors Why O'Neill boss hasn't ... faced a trial yet today ... I think new most people here aging expect that will cost somewhere between the sea ... and cake thanks AmEx Brian Spegele reporting from Beijing ... Brian will be doing more reading from the National People's Congress as well as a lot of other Wall Street Journal reporters you can see their coverage on Des beest dot com under for ...